CORE STORY:Star Trek Beyond leads the way in a record-setting weekend

Star Trek Beyond, the 13th movie in the franchise and third of “the reboot years,” opened at #1 over the weekend, managing to both disappoint and set a box office record.

Earning an estimated $60-million over its first three days, Beyond couldn’t outpace the openings of 2009’s Star Trek ($75-million) and Star Trek Into Darkness ($70-million).

And yet, for the first time since 2013 and for only the sixth time ever, five movies grossed over $20-million. What’s more, whenever that’s happened, the #1 movie has never earned enough of the box office pie to make more than $45-million; Star Trek Beyond accomplished it with $60-million.

While Beyond‘s numbers are noticeably smaller than its predecessor, it’s strong reviews, an “A-” CinemaScore, and word-of-mouth should give the latest Star Trek longer legs, particularly with few action movies left in the next two months.

The Secret Life in Pets fetched an estimated $29-million in its third weekend, bringing its domestic total to $261-million.

In what’s currently a dead-heat, both new horror movie Lights Out and last week’s Ghostbusters reboot earned an estimated $22-million.

Despite the series running on fumes at this point, Ice Age: Collision Course earned an estimated $21-million to comes in one of the strongest fifth-place openings ever. The Ice Age series is now the highest-grossing animated franchise in history, with a global haul of over $3-billion.